Yosemite and Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H. Mistake?

[Tachikoma]

Hey there,

first post on my journey to my Hackintosh and expecting parts to be delivered next week.
I was wondering about the motherboard and CPU I choose...

Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H
Intel Core i7 4790 4x 3.60GHz So.1150

I read somewhere that Yosemite expects the motherboard and CPU to be overclockable and by using a non overclockable CPU it would always run at the base speed and won't cycle down. I can't remember the according thread though.

Is this correct? Would I have to get a Z97 chipset board and a 4790k CPU to get a fully working Hackintosh or will a H97 and non 'k' CPU work correctly as well?

I think (hope) I have the possibility to change my order...

Thanks!

 

[nobodynose]

Hey there,

first post on my journey to my Hackintosh and expecting parts to be delivered next week.
I was wondering about the motherboard and CPU I choose...

Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H
Intel Core i7 4790 4x 3.60GHz So.1150

I read somewhere that Yosemite expects the motherboard and CPU to be overclockable and by using a non overclockable CPU it would always run at the base speed and won't cycle down. I can't remember the according thread though.

Is this correct? Would I have to get a Z97 chipset board and a 4790k CPU to get a fully working Hackintosh or will a H97 and non 'k' CPU work correctly as well?

I think (hope) I have the possibility to change my order...

Thanks!

What you read is inaccurate. Whether or not the CPU is overclockable has nothing at all to do with whether or not SpeedStep will work.